With Honeycomb developers will be able to take advantageous of graphics and hardware acceleration for 2D & 3D with one line of code. The core platform allows devs to use animation framework for smooth transitions and overall polish. This is thanks to new RenderScript is new graphics engine for high end 3D graphics (examples include Honeycomb’s YouTube app with video wall and Google Books app).

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Honeycomb Preview Camera App Rear Facing Camera

Honeycomb Preview CNN Android Tablet App

Google showed off the revamped camera app front and back camera including a live video chat over Google Talk. CNN has also been busy working on a Honeycomb tablet app infusing their video, written, photo and user community news content known as iReport into their Android app.

Android Market Webstore

Android Market

Probably the sweetest announcement was the unveiling of web-based Android Market. The answer to a long waited consumer outcry. Future enhancements will come such as support for buyer currency and support for in-app purchases, SDK virtual goods directly within. Currently the Android Market allows consumers to search and download Android apps to their selected devices without plugging into the computer.